Introduction : Atlantis and Prehistory - A Modern Perspective. by Andrew J. Welburn What do we really know about human prehistory? What were our remoter ancestors like, the brutish 'cavemen' of popular mythology or, as seems increasingly to be suggested, human but strangely different from ourselves? More and more such questions are being asked. Despite the efforts of generations of fossil-hunters and archaeologists, leading experts on the subject are increasingly driven to admit that much which is essential to understanding the origins a nd early development of humanity remains an enigma. ...